Diagnostic and Management Difficulty of Bleeding Aorto-Duodenal Fistula Associated with Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Nachmias, Boaz; Bloom, Allan I.; Gural, Alexander; Filippiadis, Dimitrios

Primary aorto-enteric fistula (AEF) resulting from abdominal malignancy is a rare and often fatal complication. The few reports to date are mostly secondary to solid tumors. We present a case of a patient with refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma who developed life-threatening AEF. We describe the diagnostic and therapeutic efforts, requiring a multi-disciplinary team of interventional radiology, gastroenterology, and transfusion medicine, resulting in a favorable outcome. Importantly, we offer several insights regarding the identification and management of high-risk patients, with an emphasis on pre-treatment considerations and urgent diagnosis and intervention.

HODGKIN'S disease; FISTULA; BLOOD transfusion; DIAGNOSIS; INTERVENTIONAL radiology

Diagnostics (2075-4418), 2021, Vol 11, Issue 3, p389

2075-4418

Academic Journal

10.3390/diagnostics11030389